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title: kids say the girl who cried at the prank "has no sense of humour". p… — Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Foo… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the girl who cried at the prank "has no sense of humour". pass it on? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 19 · ★ · Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and ad…

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kids say the girl who cried at the prank "has no sense of humour". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, girl · **What happens:** say, cry, have, pass on, sense · **To what, where:** prank, sense, humour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 313 «Kind jokes, teasing, pranks, April Fools, illusions and adverts» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t19:1
# text = kids say the girl who cried at the prank "has no sense of humour". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
18	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the girl |  |  | the prank |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at prank=Location |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the girl | no sense of humour |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | sense |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **sense** *in a quote* |  |  | humour |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, the joke ended when she was hurt; say sorry instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t19:o1:1
# text = No, the joke ended when she was hurt; say sorry instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the joke |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | joke |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | the joke *not said here* |  |  |  |  | instead, sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, and prank her again till she learns to laugh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, and prank her again till she learns to laugh
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	prank	prank	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prank** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **laugh** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, and post it in the chat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, and post it in the chat
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the chat |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she has none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:313-kind-jokes-pranks-april-fools-and-adverts:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, she has none
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she | none |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient |

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